Prophets To The Gentiles:
Jonah, Nahum, Obadiah - DVD
by Chuck Missler
Cecil John Rhodes
DCL (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902)
was an
English-born
businessman, mining
magnate, and
politician in
South Africa. He was the founder of the
diamond company
De Beers, which today markets 40% of the
world's rough diamonds and at one time
marketed 90%.An ardent believer in
colonialism and
imperialism, he was the founder of the
state of
Rhodesia, which he named after himself.
After independence, Rhodesia separated into
the nations of
Northern and
Southern Rhodesia, later renamed
Zambia and
Zimbabwe, respectively. South Africa's
Rhodes University is named after him. He
set up the provisions of the
Rhodes Scholarship, which is funded by
his estate.
